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National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I, too, cannot support this proposal on the following grounds. How can the Minister of State tell me it is prudent to put money into a rainy day fund on the day when our hard-working nurses the length and breadth of the country were standing outside their stations in a limited way because they wanted to continue to provide their services in hospitals? They did not want to be out on the...

Juvenile Crime: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: When it comes to statistics, I have told the Minister of State and other Ministers before that I do not rely on statistics because it is of great concern that an awful lot of crime is unreported. That is a fact. I did my own check one time and I was frightened by the result I got. Probably more than half of crime is not reported because people do not see the value in reporting it. I would...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I want to express my support, as I always have, for the nurses who find themselves in the situation they are in. When people are asked to review their medical cards, they are sent a letter telling them to do it online or to telephone a number. When they ring that number, the telephone is never answered. I inquired on people's behalf to discover there is no such thing as being sent out a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----also to address people being told to do pension reviews online and that they cannot do it manually. We have to accept that there are older people who cannot do a thing online so forms have to be made available, whether for pensions or medical cards.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is very important, a Cheann Comhairle, for older people-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I have been waiting diligently for my answer to this question.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: It would serve the Deputy well to mind his own business. It was wrong of him to refer to a person who is not here. He should mind his own business. Is he not able to do that?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The Deputy is referring to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, who spoke about nurses in Kerry and elsewhere. Deputy Brassil should not be paying lip service to the issue now and trying to be a smart alec.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am very sorry, but Deputy Brassil is a smart alec or he tries to be.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: Deputy Brassil goaded me.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: None of us criticised it.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to VAT charged on products (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4694/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1932 of 24 July 2018, if he will address a matter regarding a replanting order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4693/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a motorised buggy by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4506/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: 272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4596/19]